Jason, Emily, David, & Lydia

Monday, November 5, 2012

Happy Halloween!

This year David wanted to be a PARROT and Lydia was a BLACK CAT.

Arent' they adorable?

I have to brag a little because I made the costumes all by myself :)

The kids trick-or-treated in the rain (they were very determined) and got way too much candy.

We've been raking leaves like crazy and the kids love it.

David made his very own dinosaur costume. Next year I'll give him fabric instead of paper and save myself the trouble.

This makes me laugh every time!

Carving pumpkins.

and oh yah, David is 5!!!!

I don't like to think about it.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Changes!

If you havn't heard from us for a while... we've been busy.

I honestly can't even think off all that's happened since our last post, but here are a few big ones....

Lydia had her Birthday in February

she's so big!

Jason graduated from Medical School!!!!

(did I mention we matched to residency?)

Hence our recent move to Erie Pennsylvania!

It's true. We said our goodbyes to Iowa and headed east.

We are absolutely loving it here.

(it helps that Jason hasn't been working all month and we've had lots of time to play)

Here are the kids and Jason catching all sorts of creature in a creek near our house.

David is truly in heaven here.... at the creek that is.

David caught some frogs...

and then Lydia caught a frog!

Okay, so maybe Dave cought it, with a little help.

(see, heaven for a 4 year old boy)

Our temple district is now the Palmyra temple. So when we went to the temple we got a bonus trip to the Smith farm...

and the Sacred Grove...

When we're not out playing at the beach... yes there's a beach here, on lake Erie, but I can't seem to remember my camera... on walks in the forest, or catching frogs, we hang out at home drawing pictures,

or swimming in the pool in the back yard.

( a kiddie pool that is)

and yes, we have a back yard!

We're renting a house and sooo glad to have our own space. Sorry no pics. I know. I'll get to it.

Hope life is going well for all of you too, and now that we're more settled maybe, just maybe, you'll hear from us more often :)

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Here's to 2011!

JANUARY

We started the year saying goodbye to Jason

He went to Idaho for a month-long rotation

It would have been great if we all could have gone

but the doctor said I was just 'too far along'

FEBRUARY

Grandma Mayo came before the due date

It would have been nice to know that this baby'd be late

We finally welcomed our Lydia May

Seven pounds and nine ounces of joy you might say

MARCH

Ma and Pa Crofts came visiting next

Their first trip our here to the mid-west

The kids were excited, I can't fail to mention

They soaked-up all of the extra attention

APRIL

To church we went, our baby to bless

My mom crochetted her a lovely white dress

David thought it espcially cool

When all his friend came for pre-school

MAY

We saw a tulip festival in a Dutch town

Where we met-up with friends for a look around

On Memorial Day we had BBQ

With all the wonderful people we knew

JUNE

Then I took the kids, and J worried lots

As we headed to Vegas, but not to play slots

The family reunion this year was quite fun

We visited, swam, and soaked-up the sun

JULY

Two little teeth our Lydia got

In Primary David gave his first talk

Next, sadly, Jason left to OK

but Lisa and Cody moved here to stay

AUGUST

David discovered he had a new love

As he caught every frog, toad, tadpole, and bug

When we snuck in a camping trip in a hurry

Before Jason headed off to Missouri

SEPTEMBER

We enjoyed the fall and all of its charms

As we picked blueberries at Berry Patch Farms

David played soccer and learned pretty quick

How fun it can be when a goal he did kick

OCTOBER

we had a spooky and fun Halloween

With two of the cutest kids that you've seen

We partied and had a great Trunk-or-Treat

With more candy than anyone really should eat

NOVEMBER

At Thanksgiving we couldn't believe the amount

When all of our blessings we started to count

Our stomaches just weren't as big as our eyes

as we dished ourselves turkey, potatoes, and pies

DECEMBER

We had a wonderful Christmas this year

With stockings and presents and plenty of cheer

Now we just thank our Father in Heaven

That we have survived 2011!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

About Time

I figure an update on the kids is over due.

We'll start with Little Lydia this time...

Lydia is such a good baby.

She's generally mild mannered. She giggles and laughs when you tickle or tease her, roars when you play with her, pouts when you ignore her, but most of the time is just completely content, pleasant, and sweet.

Her hair however, has some serious attitude. It's hard to see, but the entire top stands strait up. Always. It's impossible to make it do anything else.

Remember the pouting I mentioned.

I had to take a picture because this is so tipical Lydia when a toy is just too far away, or I'm making dinner instead of paying attention to her. She doesn't usually throw a fit, just lays flat on the floor like she's so abandoned.

She does love the swings at the park and being outside. She is crawling all over the place now. Still army crawling most of the time. She likes everything that is David's. I kid you not, she tried to crawl for the first time on David's birthday. His new toys were quite the motivation.

She was a trooper on Halloween too. (Sorry no good costume pics. She was a lady bug, but she's bundled up in this picture and sitting on her wings.)

She's a great eater. Even when you can tell she doesn't like it and makes faces after every bite she'll keep opening her mouth until she's full. It's kinda sad- and cute. But usually she's not picky.

David, David, David

He's been spending A LOT of time drawing. (this is a picture of dragons. A mom, dad, babies, and eggs.) We've been working on his ABC's too and loves writing his name.

He likes to cheese for the camera too. Luckily he still adores his sister. His favorite thing is to give her a hug and rub his cheeks on her fuzzy hair.

We went to the pumpkin patch and raced on the peddal carts. He won of course- with a little help from Dad.

This year David told me maybe he didn't want to carve pumpkins this year (after I told him he had to help pull out the pumpkin guts.) He said it was just too yucky. Apparently he changed his mind when it looked like Uncle Cody was having all the fun.

David determined to be a dragon for Halloween this year. And I was determined NOT to sew his costume. He won. I sewed a dragon. But only after I figured I could make the entire costume for free using fabric a friend had given me and scraps I had. Then I just couldn't justify paying for one.

In the end I thought it turned out pretty great. I figured it was good enough when I had him try it on and he roared and ran (flew) away.

We had a fluke snow storm the other day. (Luckily it's melted now). Jason had the morning off and they built this snowman. Dave was so proud. Later he kept asking me if we needed to go get his rocks (the eyes) so they didn't get lost when the snowman melted. Apparently they were pretty important rocks.